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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. portfolios.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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Especially when he’s surrounded by Danny Rimer (who funded Skype, MySQL, Last.FM I think everybody heard about this acquisition. PLUS RELATED FUNDING …. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. M&A Discussion.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? They are very hands on.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. Venture Bonsai enters the increasingly active market of enabling new methods to fund startups. What went wrong? Go To YouTube.com.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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